grapa
[ˈgɾapa]
The verdict
“grapa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,413 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,413
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fijación metálica en forma de U, que se clava para unir dos o más objetos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grapa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgɾapa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grapa” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grapa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,413 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈgɾapa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
grapa has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is grapa, spelled G-R-A-P-A.
Definition
- 1Fijación metálica en forma de U, que se clava para unir dos o más objetos.
- 2En especial, grapa₁ usada para unir los bordes de una herida.
- 3Ramas que conforman la estructura de un racimo.
- 4Lesión ulcerosa que afecta las articulaciones de las patas del caballo.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “grapa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-R-A-P-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgɾapa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.